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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

This is brand new. If you know anyone who might be interested, please forward it, and feel free to contact me or the chair of the search committee if you have questions.

The Department of Political Science
and Public Administration invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant
Professor position in American Politics with an emphasis on gender and politics.
The nine-month tenure track position begins in August 2013. Successful candidates should possess the Ph.D.
degree upon appointment. Preference will be given to candidates with strong
quantitative skills, prior teaching experience, as well as a commitment to
promoting diversity as a value of the department and the college.

The candidate will teach introductory
American Politics (a part of UNC Charlotte’s general education program), Women
and Politics, and other undergraduate- and graduate-level courses in the
candidate's area of interest. The
candidate will also contribute to UNC Charlotte's interdisciplinary Women's and
Gender Studies program (http://womensandgenderstudies.uncc.edu/). In addition
to the baccalaureate program, the Department of Political Science and Public
Administration houses a NASPAA-accredited MPA Program, and is a core
constituent in the Ph.D. Program in Public Policy. UNC Charlotte is a doctoral,
research intensive university, located in one of the nation's fastest growing
metropolitan areas on an expanding modern campus. One of sixteen campuses in
one of the oldest public university systems in the United States, UNC Charlotte
offers over 26,000 culturally diverse students a wide range of undergraduate
and graduate degree programs. The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences houses
20 departments in the humanities, social and behavioral sciences, physical
sciences, and military sciences, as well as eight research centers and institutes
and 13 interdisciplinary programs. We boast a diverse student body and value
faculty members who can relate to our students.

Review of
applications will begin November 14, 2012, and will continue until the position
is filled. Candidates
should submit application materials electronically to https://jobs.uncc.edu. Please attach the following documents with your electronic
application: (1) letter of application outlining your research
agenda, (2) curriculum
vitae, (3) a writing sample, (4) evidence of teaching effectiveness (if
available), (5) three letters of recommendation, and (6) copy of graduate
transcripts. Alternatively, letters of recommendation may be sent directly by
mail or email to Dr. Martha Kropf, Chair, Gender and Politics Search Committee,
Department of Political Science and Public Administration, UNC Charlotte, 9201
University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC, 28223; mekropf@uncc.edu.

UNC Charlotte is an AA/EOE and an
ADVANCE Institution that strives to create an academic climate in which the
dignity of all individuals is respected and maintained. We celebrate
diversity that includes, but is not limited to ability/disability, age,
culture, ethnicity, gender, language, race, religion, sexual orientation, and
socio-economic status. Applicants are subject to criminal background
checks.